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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-25
One Dollar Per Year.

make up the dinner, all Of which Is
sent out at cost of seven dollars
week to single person, five dollars
each for members of families, though
as what is supplied for two is suffi-
cient for three, the cost per household
is not reckoned in multiples Of that sum.
In way the experiment is one in Co
operative housekeeping; for, practi-
cally, the cost of everyday living is
divided among number of families.
purchases for all being made together,
the labor for all systemized and sim
plified, and the waste of all minimized,
the result being that each family saves
nearly the full amount of its cooks
wages, and is freed from the tyranny
of Castle Garden besides.
Two other women, emulous of the
first, talk of starting similar enter
prises. The scheme is in its infancy,
but whenever a sufficient number OF
families within a radius of block or
two as near the great fiat houses, can
be interested in it, it has promise OF
an opening for an industry for women
and of relief from divers perplexities
for the families they erve.-Ettza Put
nam Heaton, in Brooklyn Times.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-25
His Disinterested Love.

"Well, old man," said travelling
man. 80 you've been to Europe.
How did you like it?'
Illustrate.
ANY adventuresP"
mo. Nothing particular, only I'm
engaged"
Engaged? To foreign lady"
"Yes. She's native of England. !"
"How's her father fixed?"
"Very well, indeed. In fact he's
what you'd call a rich man. That
however. was no consideration with
me. loved her for herself alone"
Certainly. l understand. For her
sterling worth. ."-AerchaRt Traveller.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-25
A Millionaire's Daughter.

The daughter of President Rockefel-
Ter of the Standard Oil Company is a
student at Vassar She is afflicted
with tenderness of vision which has
caused the doctors to prohibit her
from reading. Undeterred by this
misfortune, she pursues her studies
with the help of an attendant who
reads to her. Miss Rockefeller's dim
ness of vision has not rendered her in
different or unsympathetic to the hard
ships of others. Some time ago she
noticed that two of the college mes
sengers, who performed in her division
services analogous to those Of bell
boys in hotel. were bright, intelli-
gent girls. She thought it pity that
such deserving fellow-creatures should
be in a great institution of learning
without an opportunity to avail them
selves of its advantages, like Tantalus,
lp-deep in water, yet unable to as
suage his burning thirst She ap-
pealed to her father in their behalf,
and he in generous furtherence of her
kindliness mare arrangements to pay
for the tuition of his daughters prote-
gees thrs2ghont the full college course
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-25
EXCELLENT PENMEN.
The Handwriting of American Poets Dis
cusscd by an Expert

The Handwriting of American Poets Dis
Cussed by an Expert
"The old idea that nearly all great
literary geniuses, especially poets,
wrote poor hands, has been exploded
thoroughly" said an expert penmaa.
He meditated few minutes aud pro-
ceeded in the same strain: ITO illus
trate Edgar Allan Poe wrote fine
hand. 1t was rather small, but legible
as print. He never scrawled, however
fast he wrote. His life was checkered
enough TO upset his nerves, but through
it all he wrote a fair, smooth, round
hand. Richard Henry Stoddard, the
whlte-haired poet, perhaps wrote the
most beautiful hand OF any of the
American poets up to several years ago.
1t was somewhat like the Spencerisn
system of to-day. The letters were
we'll formed and even, and properly
shaded. Even now, well advanced in
years, he writes a fine copy hand as
easy to read as print. Some of his best
poems are written in a hand of such
neatness and legibility as would put
the typewriter to the blush. MIR.
Stoddard handles pen with wonder
full celebrity yet. William Cullen Bry-
ant also wrote a good hand. 1t was
not as beautiful even as Mr.. Stoddard' s,
but as fair and legible as the most hy-
percritical could desire. Mr.. Bryant's
handwriting has been much discussed.
He wrote a better hand than Poe,
though the latter was better at certain
times than at others.
John G. Whittier is master of fine,
plain hand that the printers bless. 1t
is as simple, small and unassuming as
he is, and can be read easily. John
Howard Payne, author of Home
Sweet Home" could well have passed
for an instructor in penmanship, his
handwriting was so admirable. 1t was
somewhat too small, if any thing, but
all the Letters were formed with start
ling accuracy.-M Y. Nail and E1-
| press
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NEW INDUSTRY FOR WOMEN.
A New York Lady Finds Lucrative EN-.
ployment and Opens . Now Field oi
Labor for Women.

n NOW fOrk Lady Flnus Lucrative EN-
ployment and Opens q Now Field of
Labor for Women.
A new industry for women is begin
ming to evolve itself in New York,
which may yet do much toward solving
the vexed servant girl question. Some
three months ago woman of good
New York family, educated and capa-
BILE, left widow without money, and
having served no apprenticeship to
any of the industries by which women
earn bread and butter, began to think
of putting her pride in her pocket and
turing her notable housekeeping tai
ents to account by looking for service
in a family as cook.
Considering the matter further, it
occurred TO her that she could do bet
ter. Securing with some little effort,
the project being novel one, a client
age of half a dozen families in her i'm
mediate neighborhood that were groan-
ing under dyspepsia, induced by ''light
housekeeping" she began to send out,
three times day, delicately cooked
and daintily served meals. Her vent
ure was so Immediately successful that
she looked up New England house.
keeper and couple of stout-armed
Swedish girl to help her, and her busi-
ness sprang, almost in single night
to the utmost dimensions that she could
handle.
She has twenty-one families on her
list at present, think, to whom she
supplies just that wholesome round Of
breakfasts, lunches and dinners that
the average house-lnother would offer
to husband and little folks. Fruit in
season, in the mornisg. oatmeal oil
wheaton grits. fish, steak or chops; a
side dish, such as stewed kidneys,
sausage, liver and bacon, eggs; coffee,
tea or chocolate, bread and butter,
milk and sugar. Soup, fish, q roast
three vegetables. dessert and codes
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-25
HIDDEN ANGELS.

I no'er knew fathers love or mothers tender
my hands were never taught to fold in attitude
OF prayer;
myeyes grew cruel, hardening fast. knew nor
love nor fear;
HAD never felt afrectionate kiss or shed a hu.
name tear.
lasted every cup Of sin, of bitterness and
Ihe human soul in degradation steamed could
MY manhood lost, hopes rudder gone. stood
wreck alone,
All nobler instincts dead; my heart though
living, turned to stone.
win reckless gait strobe along-harki What
is that heari
A human sound or anunl s,ob wo,,oa ,,o,. 49,
turned two pleading eyes as blue as heavens
ethereal dome
e'a%eo INTO mine; again that cry: .rm lost
Please take me homer"
'ho grasped my hand-my sin stained hand
as tho 'twere undefled,
po,iec' confidence; little golden haired,
fair child; ~
"You lost sweet ones Tben wha.a 4. con.
=, VIDE universe am If''
'he looked distressed, bewildered, by my sud.
den, Strange reply.
Dull cilneing to my fingers fast her cheek was
on them lain,
ana swiftly fell her warm tears washing ou,
their guilty STAIN
-As oeheld her sobbing thus, something awoke
that slept,
A trembling ague rocked my frame, my sou
was touched wept.
Both lostl of the road to Heaven, she from
her home misled
1 cared TO fold her in my arms and kiss hel
golden head;
LED her back upon the road her wandering fee
had trod;
one red me back to manhood, my eternal hom,
and God
Hannah NJ R0hdus, In Inter Ocean,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-25
HUMOROUS.

"A poet writes: 81 am the saddest
when l sing" So is cat.
The Use of the Negative. British
Working-man - "Hain't none O you
chaps see no pipe a-knockin' about
none O. these ere sheds nowhereP"-
Judy.
"A Sunday-school teacher in Litch-
field told his infants to ask any ques-
tions they had in their minds, and a
little one asked: "When. is the circus
comingP"-Chrtstian at Work.
"A little girls father had round
bald spot Kissing him at bedtime
not long ago, she said: "Stoop down,
popsy dear, want to kiss the place
where the lining shows. "-4rdUe!er's $
Record.
Young Man mir. Weeks. why
don't you shingle your barnp" Old
Farmer-"Cause it's rainin'." Young
Man-"Well, why don't you shingle it
when it ism t rainingP" Old Farmer
at don't need it then. Life.
Charlie" There, now, En-, Mr..
Blunt's hat amt bit bigger than
pas" Emma" Well, Charlie, what
of itp" Charlie-"You said last night
that Mr.. Blunt had the thickest head
you ever saw" boston Beacon.
-Wife-'I don't see why women
want to wear high hats, anyhow"
Observation-Disclosures do /, my dear. "
Wife-"Yes; it's perfectly senseless.
They don't cost bit more than the
others, and some of them not nearly SC
much. ."-PittSburgh Dispatch.
-"Where do you get all the funny
things you print in your paperp
asked the inquisitive subscriber. ''Out
of my head, sir. out of my head
curtly replied the bothered editor.
"Do you really, nowP" said the inquis
tive subscriber, pityingly. "Well,
rather had an idea that something wa,
wrong, but didn't know it was Sc
bad as that. SomeruilIe Journal.
-Wife-"I have joined the Audubon
Society and think it a grand sssocia
tion." Husband-"Well, if l belonged
to such a society, would live up to it.
rules" W.-"What do you meanP
don't wear any part of bird on m,
bonnet" H" Nobody said am
thing about your bonnet It's you
face decoration l refer to-" W.-"Ml
face! How is that decoratedP" H
"Why. with crows feet" = Boston
Budget
What the Neighbors Said
A farmers son was Silas Brown
Whose misdeeds csusea his parent pain,
And who was known about the town
As one who'd ne'er do well again;
So, when the father through the door
his offspring nang with vrsthful cry,
The neighbors said: As OF before,
Poor Brown has hesved heavy 81"
boston Budget
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The PaN Mall Gazette has adopted,
the American term elevator" in place
of the shorter English name for the
machine, '.lift."
Mr.. Elliot Stock has secured the
balusters from the staircase of the
house in Fetter Lane in which Dryden
is said to have lived, and of which the
destruction has been completed.
When ex-senator Thurman goes
on a journey he takes Mrs. Thurman
along to keep off the newspaper men.
She is said to have the most charming
manner OF showing a man the door.
The finest library in Pennsylvania
is about to be established in Wilkes
barre, through the benevolence of the
late Isaac Osterhout. The fund given
amounts to nearly $400 600. - Public
Opinion.
Napoleon's travelling carriage,
which was captured at Waterloo by
Field Marshall Blucher, is still in ex-
istence near Silesia. Napoleon had
left the carriage short time before
its capture, abandoning his hat, sword
and some valuables.
The King of the Tonga Islands
dresses in well-made European clothes,
which set off his handsome
figure, but he can get no civil
lied shoe to fit him, because his
feet are so large and have SO enor-
nous a development of heel.-Detroit
Free Press.
Fred Douglass recently said in
Paris: II have travelled through most
of the countries of Europe, and when
ever l am in the cars, in the theaters,
in the bathrooms, anywhere in fact,
find that am treated always with
courtesy, and not rarely with distin-
guished consideration. As far as can
see, man is judged over here with
out any regard to the color of his
hair, his eyes or his skin"
DIR. j. H. Hepburn Of Reimers'
burg, Pa, has in his possession table
which was once the property Of
William Penn. 1t is solid walnut
and has two folding leaves
1t is oval in shape. There are
two drawers, one in each end
The table is four feet and sever
inches long and five feet wide wher
the leaves are raised. 1t is very heavy
and solidly built, with no attempt a
ornamentation. An offer of $500 was
refused for it.
1t is usual at Cambridge to annual
ly give handsome sum- think it il
f100-for the best poem. Some year
ago waggish undergraduate, for
mere jest, mode a poem by
piecing together fragments of al
those which had for many year
been the winners. He expected tina
the committee would laugh at i
and throw it aside. What was hi
horror at learning that he had bee
adjudged the prize and that his nam
was published all over England a
that of the victor. How he got out o
the scrape know not, but no harr
came to him that ever l heard Of
London Letter.
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in full-length mirror at the stairway.

In Ithl-lehSth inHror AZ Lhe STAIRWAY.
Here's the BRIDE" chuckled Uncle
Nahum, leading her up to Bourne,
land here's the groom" touching
Bourne's shoulder. "And here's the
parson, all ready and waiting. Now,
reverend sir" to the clergyman,
marry 'em as fast as ever you can"
And before either of the astonished
young couple could demonstrate they
were made man and wife.
Duke" said the bride, as soon as
the ceremony was over, "did you know
of thisp"
mo, I didn't" said Mr.. Bourne,
with his arm very tight around his lit
tie wife's waist. "But l must say l
approve very highly of the whole pro-
ceeding."
Uncle Nahum stood by, rubbing his
hands, with his face wreathed in one
prodigious smile.
$50 you supposed It was l who was
to be married, ehp" said he. "Not a
bit of it, not bit of it. l am too old
bird to be caught with such chaff as
that No, no, little Faith. Did you
think / was going to turn my wee
birdie out of her nest, after all the
years she has been cherished thereP
No, no, l only wanted to assure my
self that your fancy was real fancy,
and this young rascal here" shifting
Bourne on the shoulder once more,
"loved you for yourself alone. and not
for the money which he thought the
old man was going to leave you. And
you're to live here, both of you, and
we will be happy ever after. Strike
up your harps and fiddles. Let's have
a dance, let's all be merry together. u
Uncle Nahum Nixon himself led of
the bridal quadrille, dancing in the
good old style Of fifty years ago.
II can't have wedding every day. y
said Uncle Nahum, breathlessly, as he
cut last pigeon wing, ''and / mean
to make the most of it. ."-BoSton Bud
| net
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-25
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

DIR. Lansdell has recently distrib-
hted in Siberia nearly $4,000 Bibles.
In Turnbull County, o., the
churches are having "crazy sociables. "
The average expense of the senior
class of Yale University has been 1922
for the last three years.
The Central Presbyterian Church
of St. Paul, Mimi, has made the mag
nificent contribution of nearly $13, 900
to foreign missions.
Miss Catherine L. Wolfe left ST.
900, 600 towards Sc, 600, 900 cathedral
in New York, to be called the Cathe-
dral of st. John the Divine.
-Fifty-one young men are said to
have applied for admission to Prince
ton Seminary next fall There are
1859 boys in Girard College, the
largest number ever reported. Con-
gregatsonattst.
Mrs. Hopkins has endowed chair
of mental and moral philosophy at
Mills College, California, in honor of
Mark Hopkins, the venerable ex-Presi-
dent of Williams College. The endow-
ment fund is $4,000.
During the last year there has
been a net gain of 339 members in the
churches of the Irish Wesleyan Con-
ference. During the year 412 members
died, 4SS emigrated, and s44 "ceased
to be members" by not attending the
weekly class-meetings.
1t is stated that the money given
by the women of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States during the
past sixteen years foots up to 81, 150,-
000-representing the entire support
of more than two hundred women
missionaries, two hundred native BIZ
BILE readers, and more than one hun
dred and fifty schools. Public Opis-
ion.
The teacher was drilling her pu.
pills in the abbreviations which are in
the back part of the spelling book.
Each abbreviation was written on the
blackboard, and the urchins shouted
its meaning. "P. ST." chalked the
school ma am. "Pork steak" conf
IDENTIFY asserted the smart boy, and al
most any butchers pass-book will
prove that he was right.-Neao Bed
ford Mercury.
The "Ba Trigonometry" classes o.
the Cleveland high schools gave them
selves picnic and rustic dinner th'
other day. They had ''chemico
mathematical menu" which was a won
derful combination of chemical, mathe
m atical and Latin terms. Ice cream
was put down as ''vocifero" and whei
it is explained that 'vocifero' may b.
translated Il scream" the hilariou
character of the joke will be apparent
The deacons of the Congregations
Church at Upper Clapton, England
thirty-four years ago took out
policy of 5000 upon the life of thei
pastor, making it payable to his fami
ly. The church assumed the respon
sibility of the annual premiums, an
upon the minister's death recently
$1,000 was paid over to his family b.
this arrangement. besides nearly 81, 90
received in cash bonuses by him durin,
his lifetime. N Y. Witness.
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LOVES YOUNG DREAM.
How 1t Was Rudely Interrupted by Q
Prosaic Street-Car Conductor.

How 1t Was Rudely Interrupted by .
Prosaic Street-Car Conductor.
He was dressed in checked trousers,
white vest and light blue coat base
ball shoes and light Derby hat.
p" She wore gaudy-colored blue and
white striped suit, Norfolk jacket and
jaunty straw bonnet was poised upon
her head.
They were both colored, and boarded
an inward bound Harvard square, Cam
bridge, horse-car last evening, in the
vicinity of the Port, and appropriated
the third seat behind the driver. They
were evidently very much in love with
each other, although an open avowal
had not as yet taken place, as the DEM
onstrations which followed indicated.
At first their conversation partook Of
the ordinary everyday tenor, but only
for few moments at most. Presently
the young man made the smallest per-
ceptible move closer, fact which she
appeared perfectly conscious of, al.
though she did not show any sign that
she did so.
Lilly" said he, dropping one hanG
carelessly along the back of the seat
behind her, "have you ever thought OF
getting married."
81 don't know" falteringly replied
she, giving wistful, sidelong glance
at her ebony ideal. '.rd want too
much of my husband. :"
Suppose ne liked youp"
"LikedP" responde d she, with some
vehemence, 81 don't want him to like,
want him to love me-"
''Now, if ked"-but he got no fur.
ther, when she lost all patience, and
exclaimed:
Love! love! love! Don't say like;
it's love want. The man call hus.
band must love me every moment OF
his lifer'
During. this colloquy their heads had
been dropped closer and closer togeth-
er, As his lady love gave utterance to
the above outburst of feeling, he al
lowed his arm TO fall to his charmer' s
waist.
The hand did not seem satisfied with
its position, for it Immediately began
a sort of installment movement under
one of the arms,
Lilly gave half-frightened forward
movement, as though about to reprov,
the boldness of the man at her side
but on closer observation it becam,
apparent that her change of base wa'
merely ruse to facilitate matters an(
give greater freedom of action.
What if such a man loved you, Lii
ly, what would you doP" The ques
ton was asked in a half-frighteneC
whisper, as though he had some doubt
of the results of his suit.
III don't know" murmured she
nervously toying with hand-ba;
which rested in her lap. I'll dom
think l ought to be trusted, for I'm a
las flighty as bird. I'm too-too-'
"Lilly, stop. /"
Fares, please" shouted the con
ductor, suspiciously cycling the pair.
"Oh, go t blazes, will you, an lie
IN lone" shouted rough-looking in
dividual from the seat just behind
who had evidently been watching tn
game with interest from the beginning
The passengers burst forth int
hearty peals of laughter, while tn
cause Of it all looked confused, evident
ly now for the first time becomin,
aware of the fact that they were no
the sole occupants of the car.
Ding, ding, chimed the register. an,
two fares were recorded at the cost o
the blasted hopes and happiness of tn
two poor souls. The rest of the triI
was made in peaceful silence. Bosto
Globe.